FIRST GENERATION
1. John Bethke was born in Germany. John Bethke died in Germany? He had either
a sister or sister-in-law named Caroline Bethki who was born about 1800. In
1880, Caroline Bethki is listed as Peter Paul Bethke Sr.’s Aunt and is living
as a boarder in his household in Maple Grove, Manitowoc Co., WI.
John Bethke married Mary Dick.
Mary Dick was born in Oct 1819.1
Mary (Dick) Bethke married John Drawham / Diaheim / Draheim before 1870. He
was born in 1814 Prussia or 1815 Posen. John Draheim was born on Apr 12 1812.1
He was born in 1814 in Prussia.2 He died in Jun 1884 in Manitowoc Co., WI, USA.1
He was also known as Johann Draheim.1 He was buried in Holy Trinity Kasson
Cemetery, Maple Grove Township, Manitowoc Co., WI.1
Mary and John and her two children immigrated to the U. S. A.
In 1870, John Drawham (age 55, farmer, born in Posen) is the head of the following
household in Maple Grove, Manitowoc Co., WI: Mary Ann Drawhan 50 housekeeper born
in Posen, Peter 20 born in Posen, and Josephin? 16 born in Posen.
Mary died on Sep 11 1874 in Manitowoc Co., WI, USA.1 She was buried in Holy
Trinity Kasson Cemetery, Maple Grove Township, Manitowoc Co., WI.2
In 1880, John Drawham (sfather) is living with Peter and Kathrin Bethke. John is
a white male widowed age 66 born in Prussia.
John Bethke and Mary Dick had the following children:
+2 i. Edward A. Bethke.
+3 ii. Peter Paul Bethke Senior.
iii. Josephin may have been John Drawham’s daughter from a previous marriage.
SECOND GENERATION
2. Edward A. Bethke was born on Dec 22 1843. He died on Feb 2 1915. He was
buried in Holy Trinity Kasson Cemetery. Edward is assumed to be possibly Peter
Paul Bethke's brother, because his family was the only other Bethke family buried
in Holy Trinity Kasson Cemetery, Maple Grove, Manitowoc Co., WI.
Pauline was born on Jan 7 1848. She died on Oct 5 1926. She was buried in Holy
Trinity Kasson Cemetery, Maple Grove, Manitowoc Co., WI. Edward A. Bethke and
Pauline had the following children:
4 i. Paulina Bethke was born in 1884. She died in 1929. She was
buried in Holly Trinity Kasson Cemetery, Maple Grove, Manitowoc
Co., WI.
3. Peter Paul Bethke Senior was born in 1849 in Germany.3,4 He was born on
Aug 10 1849.2,5 He was born in 1850 in Germany.6 He was born in Prussia.4
He was born in Pomern, Germany.10
He was also known as Peter Paul Betkey.8 He was also known as Peter Paul Betkey.8
He was also known as Bedtke.6
He immigrated in 1860.5 He resided 1879 to 1920 in Maple Grove, Manitowoc County, WI.3,7,4
In 1885 Maple Grove Census: Peter Bathke is listed as head of the following household:
3 males, 1 female, 3 US born, 1 German born. Austria was not a choice.
In 1895 Maple Grove Census: a Peter Boedke is listed as head of the following
household: 4 males, 2 females, 6 US born.
In 1900 Peter is head of household 173 in Maple Grove, Manitowoc Co., WI.
The 1920 Census of Maple Grove, Manitowoc Co. shows Peter Bedtke as a boarder in the
household of John Mancoski.
He died on Dec 12 1925 in Maple Grove, Manitowoc County, WI.7 He was buried in
Kasson Catholic Cemetery, Manitowoc Co., WI.7
He was married to Katherine Pischel (daughter of Wenzel Pishel and Anne Rappel) in
1878 in Wisconsin.5
Katherine Pischel was born in 1859 in Rockland, Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin.3,4,11
She was born on Sep. 5, 1859.7,2 She was born in 1860 in Wisconsin.12
She was also known as Kathrine Pisckel.13 She was also known as Katherine Piechel.14
She was also known as Piskel. She was also known as Katherine Schneider.11 She was
also known as Catharine Pishel.15 She was also known as Katharina Bethke.16 She
was also known as Catharine Bischel.12
The 1900 Maple Grove census lists Katie as the mother of ten children, five of whom
are living.
She died on Jul 30 1914 in Maple Grove, Manitowoc County, WI.7,2 She was buried on
Aug 3 1914 in Kasson Cemetery.7
Peter Paul Bethke Senior and Katherine Pischel had the following children:
5 i. Joseph Bethke 4 was born in 1879. He died before 1901
6 ii. William Bethke 2 was born in 1884 in Wisconsin.2,3,10 He died in
1960.2 He was buried in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Rockland,
Manitowoc Co., WI.17 William does not appear with the Bethke
family in the 1905 Maple Grove, Manitowoc Co., WI Census. A
William Bethke is listed with the Julius Deguer(?) family (head
white male 46 years old married, born in WI, parents born in Germany).
William Bethke is listed as a 20 year old single, white male who
resides in the house as a servant and farm laborer. He was born
in WI and his father was born in Germany and his mother Wisconsin.
He has been employed by this farm for 12 years.
In 1920, William Bedtke is the only member of the household that
he is head of.
He is 35 years old and single and living next door to his brothers:
Peter Jr, Daniel, Mike, and sister Julia.
By 1930, William is listed as the only member of the household that
he is head of.
He is 46 years old and single.
7 iii. Daniel Bethke was born in 1886 in Wisconsin.3 He died in 1960.2
He was buried in ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CEMETERY, Rockland, Manitowoc,
WI. Michael Sylvestor's birth record records his living siblings
as: William, Daniel, Peter, Julia, and Joseph. William, Daniel,
and Julia are buried next to each other in St. Mary's Catholic
Church in Manitowoc Co., WI. Daniel is not on the 1905 Maple Grove
Census. Maybe Daniel was working on another farm.
In 1920, Daniel Bedtke is living in the household of his brother
Peter Jr. with his sister Julia and brother Mike. Next door is
their brother William.
Dan lived with his brother Peter and was listed as single in the
1930 Maple Grove, Manitowoc Census.
8 iv. John Bethke was born in 1887 in Wisconsin.3 He died before 1901.
John was not listed as a living sibling on Michael's birth record.
9 v. Julia Bethke was born in 1888 in Wisconsin.3 She was born on
March 22, 1889.2,18 She was born in 1890 in Wisconsin.10 She
died in Nov 1963.2,18 She was buried in St. Mary's Catholic
Cemetery, Rockland, Manitowoc Co., WI.17 Since Julia Bethke was
buried beside her brothers (William and Daniel) under her maiden
name, it is likely that she never married.
In 1920, Julia Bedtke is living in the household of her brother
Peter Jr. with her brothers Daniel and Mike. Next door is their
brother William.
Julia lived in her brother Peter's household according to the
1930 Maple Grove, Manitowoc Co., Census.
SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX: JULIA BETHKE born; 22 Mar 1889, died: Nov 1963
(Wisconsin) issued in Wisconsin
+10 vi. Peter Paul Bethke Senior.
11 vii. Joseph Bethke was born in 1897 in Wisconsin.3
+12 viii. Michael Sylvester Bethke.
THIRD GENERATION
10. Peter Paul Bethke Senior was born on Oct 21 1891 in Calumet County, WI.7
He lived on Jun 10 1926 in Maple Grove, Manitowoc County, WI.13 He died
on Jul 6 1978 in Greenleaf or Holland, WI. He was buried in Fairveiw Cemetery,
Greenleaf, WI.7 He was also known as Bedke.6 In the 1920 Census Peter Bedtke
Jr. is the head of household with his siblings: Daniel, Julia, and Mike, and a
boarder: Leo Froecspter? living with him.
BETHKE: Peter
b. WI 1892
Farmer
Sect. 5 Maple Grove, PO Brillion
Taken from 1921 Manitowoc County Patron Directory from Standard Atlas of
Manitowoc County Wisconsin published by Geo. A. Ogle & Co. Publishers and
Engravers, Chicago
http://www.2manitowoc.com/marBe.html
12. Michael Sylvester Bethke was born on Jun 23 1901 in Wisconsin.3,20 He
resided in 1923 in Maple Grove, Manitowoc County, WI. He resided in 1975
in Sherwood, Calumet Co., WI, USA. He died on Jul 10 1975 in Neenah,
Winnebago Co, WI, USA. He was a dairy farmer prior to 1975. He was also
known as Micael S. Betki.17 The witnesses at their wedding were: Peter
Bethke, Jr. of Brillion, WI (Michael's brother) and Margaret Stuehser.
SOURCES
1. on Marquette Road in Maple Grove Township just before you leave Manitowoc Co.
2. tombstone.
3. 1905 Maple Grove, Manitowoc Co. WI census.
4. 1880 Maple Grove, Manitowoc Co., WI Census.
5. 1900 Maple Grove Manitowoc Co. Census.
6. 1920 Maple Grove Manitowoc Co. Census.
7. Death Certificate.
8. child's birth record.
9. 1885 Maple Grove, Manitowoc Co. Census.
10. 1930 Maple Grove, Manitowoc Co., Census.
11. child's death record.
12. 1870 Rockland, Manitowoc Co., Census.
13. Marriage Document.
14. Death Certificate. son, Peter P. Bethke Senior's death certificate.
15. 1860 Rockland, Manitowoc Co., WI, Census.
16. Burial plot.
17. www.2Manitowoc.com.
18. SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX.
19. Descendant's report.
20. birth certificate.
